Honduras Infrastructure News

Energy Secretary Eduardo Oviedo said Honduras is drafting terms for a new electricity-generation auction split into two stages—one adding roughly 600 megawatts and a later phase potentially 1,000 megawatts—pending congressional approval of pending energy reforms; the sector will need about $6 billion in investment across generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure.

The national utility ENEE will cut power to neighborhoods, villages, and residential areas in the Distrito Central/Francisco Morazán, Choluteca, and El Paraíso on Friday, September 18, during daytime hours, for routine line maintenance.

The Institute of Transportation (IHTT) has published dates, times, and locations for mandatory vehicle safety inspections (FTM) in week 5 across its regional offices nationwide.

The head of the National Roads and Transport Directorate said a draft speed regulation setting a 60 km/h limit on secondary streets has been sent to the National Police for review, pending approval and significant investment to implement.

Water scarcity in Honduras's capital has driven plastic barrel prices to 1,200–1,800 lempiras (roughly $48–$72) as residents scramble to store water during extended supply interruptions of up to 12 days.

The state power utility ENEE scheduled maintenance-related outages lasting six-plus hours on September 17 affecting multiple municipalities in Santa Bárbara, Cortés, and San Pedro Sula, with specific neighborhoods and times listed.

The national power company scheduled maintenance work will cut electricity to parts of Francisco Morazán and Choluteca on September 16 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., affecting dozens of neighborhoods and rural communities.

Tegucigalpa is testing and preparing Satellite 5 well for service as part of a five-well network designed to supply water to over 900 homes in the La Satélite neighborhood, with one well already operational.

Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela will extend their water-rationing cycle from 9 to 12 days starting September 20 due to severely depleted reservoirs; Los Laureles dam is at 26.74% capacity and La Concepción at 25.33% amid extreme drought conditions.

The national utility ENEE says no electricity outages are scheduled for September 15, Honduras's Independence Day, though planned maintenance resumes on September 16 after a two-day public holiday.

The Pope Francis Bridge in Tegucigalpa, which was undergoing structural reinforcement with prestressed cables and carbon fiber, will not reopen until December instead of an earlier target date.

Tegucigalpa's mayor announced the activation of 15 municipal wells, at a cost of 600,000 to 1.5 million lempiras ($24,000–$60,000) each, to reduce pressure on the capital's reservoirs and extend water supply to thousands of households as the city faces severe scarcity.

Neighborhoods across Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela will receive potable water on staggered schedules from September 14 to 18, with different start and end times by sector.

The Los Laureles and La Concepción reservoirs that supply Tegucigalpa are at 26.74% and 25.33% capacity respectively, just above the 25% critical threshold, with water rationing potentially extending from 9 to 12 days if levels drop further.

Residents of the Alameda neighborhood in Tegucigalpa report that a sidewalk has collapsed near the Childhood Cancer Foundation due to moisture from a nearby stream, creating a hazard for pedestrians and elderly residents.

Tegucigalpa's mayor said the Mateo sector overpass will likely open in December pending completion of complementary road work.

UMAPS closed the Miraflores water-filling station on September 9 due to a water emergency in Tegucigalpa, consolidating tank-truck service at two other depots with restricted hours (6 a.m. to noon, Monday–Friday, starting September 16).

A new electrical control center with 79 automated devices, built with $13.5 million in South Korean aid, began operations in central-southern Honduras to detect faults and accelerate power restoration across the region.

The national power utility ENEE will cut electricity in central Tegucigalpa on September 13 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for scheduled maintenance of the Pueblo Nuevo substation circuit, affecting commercial, residential, and institutional zones including Boulevard Morazán and multiple shopping centers.

A severe water shortage in Tegucigalpa has left water-truck drivers queuing overnight at the municipal filling station in Altos de Toncontín, creating traffic gridlock and straining the informal water supply that now serves much of the capital.

Honduras's electrical system operates near capacity with insufficient reserves to handle sudden failures, said CREE commissioner Leonardo Deras, noting that Honduras lost 1,800 of 2,400 megawatts during this week's regional outage—more than neighboring countries.

Tegucigalpa's water reservoirs are falling due to drought and El Niño effects; the city plans to extend water rationing from nine to twelve days if La Concepción dam drops to 20% capacity, while rehabbing wells and pushing ahead on a new dam project.

San Pedro Sula has struggled with uncollected trash accumulating in streets, markets, and waterways since April, with the city's waste contractor Sulambiente covering only 80% of collection routes despite municipal fines and citizen complaints about health and drainage risks.

The national power utility ENEE announced scheduled electricity cuts in multiple communities throughout Comayagua on September 12 to perform emergency repairs on a damaged structure, while previously planned outages in Intibucá and La Paz were canceled.

A massive failure in Central America's regional power grid at 11:47 a.m. on Thursday knocked out electricity across Honduras and neighboring Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador; ENEE and the national dispatch center began gradual restoration efforts with no firm timeline for full recovery.

Honduras's grid faces a 40-megawatt deficit between 6–10 p.m. as peak demand hits 2,130 MW while supply tops out at 2,050 MW, worsened by solar shutdowns at dusk and canceled regional imports.

President Nasry Asfura confirmed that final-stage engineering studies are underway for a paved road linking the Honduras neighborhood and agricultural areas (El Aguacate, La Puerta, Azacualpa) to the CA-5 South highway, aiming to improve market access for produce farmers supplying Tegucigalpa.

Solar power covers daytime demand with about 450 megawatts, but evenings bring outage risk as solar output drops and fuel-logistics problems limit thermal plant capacity, the National Dispatch Center director says.

A failure in Central America's interconnected power system caused outages across Honduras, Guatemala, and parts of El Salvador and Nicaragua on September 10, with Honduras's national grid fully restored by 1:30 p.m.

Honduras's national electric utility ENEE announced planned power outages on September 11 affecting sectors in Tela, the Central District, Comayagua, La Lima, and San Manuel, with cuts lasting up to eight hours.